Alcuin 1 requested of Charlemagne 1 that he might return to his fatherland, to which the latter eventually consented.
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Alcuin 1
(Author, deacon and abbot of Tours, c.735-804) : Alcuin 1, not wishing to desert the place where he had been educated, tonsured and consecrated as a deacon without the support of his own king (Anonymous 183) and bishop (Anonymous 184), requested of th
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Charlemagne 1
(King of the Franks, 768-814; emperor 800-814) : Charlemagne 1 responded that he had great earthly wealth with which he rejoiced to honour Alcuin 1 as a father. He wished to be honoured by the wages of Alcuin 1's piety. At length persuaded by reason